[LRflex] Re: Motor drive problem

Tim,

Get the manual.

Jerry

Tim Bedsted wrote:

> Jerry,
>
> read the post no manual!
>
>
> Tim
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Jerry Lehrer
>         Sent: Sat 25/02/2006 4:47 AM
>         To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         Cc:
>         Subject: [LRflex] Re: Motor drive problem
>
>
>
>         Tim
>
>         I would apply the first thing I learned in flight school; " If 
> everything else
>         fails, RTFM!!"
>
>         Jerry
>
>         Tim Bedsted wrote:
>
>         > Hello,
>         >
>         > I have an issue with my newly acquired motor-drive.
>         >
>         > When I insert a new film and closes the backdoor, it will keep 
> clicking and winding film, but the film counter wil not increment past 00 and 
> so in the end the release button will stay limp. I didn't get the manual with 
> my motor-drive, so am I doing something wrong here? Everything else works 
> brilliantly.
>         >
>         > Regards,
>         > Tim
>         >
>         >         -----Original Message-----
>         >         From: leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Andy 
> Wagner
>         >         Sent: Sat 25/02/2006 12:34 AM
>         >         To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         >         Cc:
>         >         Subject: [LRflex] Re: DMR question .
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >         Thanks for the suggestion Jerry I'll give it a try
>         >         Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  Andy,
>         >
>         >         I have seen digi output directed to a large LCD screen (not 
> plasma), but shadow detail suffered.
>         >
>         >         You can do that yourself. Take your digi-card or DVD to 
> your local Mega electronics store
>         >         and have it displayed on an LCD or Plasma screen. Let us 
> know what you think about it.
>         >
>         >         I think that computer monitors have a finer definition than 
> TV Hi-Def screens. IMBW.
>         >
>         >         Jerry
>         >
>         >         Andy Wagner wrote:
>         >
>         >         > OK guys let me throw another monkey wrench into the 
> discussion here. The computer and Tv are very quickly joining forces. What 
> I'm curious is instead of projecting from your computer to digital projector, 
> what would the results be if output were directed to a high def plasma screen 
> TV?
>         >         > And I also have my worries about digital storage of my 
> pictures--anybody out there still using 5.5 floppies?
>         >         > David Young wrote:
>         >         > Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>         >         >
>         >         > >Bill,
>         >         > >
>         >         > >Wow! You spent over a kilobuck for slide processing, 
> right? Can I assume
>         >         > >that you do the same with slides as I do? Project them 
> with a Leica projector?
>         >         > >
>         >         > >Now if you go digital, WTF would you do to equal that? 
> When using digital,
>         >         > >you would have to make prints, right? I have seen the 
> best digital projectors,
>         >         > >
>         >         > >and their results would make me sick. There is nothing 
> to equal a good 35mm
>         >         > >slide, except a 6x6cm Hasselblad or Rolleiflex side.
>         >         > >
>         >         > >For prints, I am sure that digital will approach 
> equality with color negative
>         >         > >film.
>         >         > >
>         >         > >Jerry
>         >         > >
>         >         > >
>         >         > G'Mornin' Jerry!
>         >         >
>         >         > You are right... nothing equals a good slide, and digital 
> projectors
>         >         > are, at this stage, lousy.
>         >         >
>         >         > However, digital shots, when displayed on a good monitor, 
> have a
>         >         > luminosity which is very close to a slide. After all, the 
> light is
>         >         > coming from behind the image, and shadow detail lost in 
> prints is quite
>         >         > visible on the screen. Of course, it's a rather small 
> 'screen', as
>         >         > compared to a projector's' screen, but then, how many 
> folks look at
>         >         > slides these days?
>         >         >
>         >         > I know that about 10 years ago, I moved to colour neg 
> film, simply
>         >         > because nobody, not even my ex, wanted to look at my 
> slides. Bring out
>         >         > the projector and they run! Yet, put an album in front of 
> them, and
>         >         > they'll happily browse through the photos - sometimes for 
> hours!
>         >         >
>         >         > It's probably true, that digital might not equal a good 
> slide... though
>         >         > I believe that DM-R shots on a screen, can comes close. 
> At print sizes
>         >         > of 12"x18" or less, top line digital images can certainly 
> equal the best
>         >         > results from film when printed.
>         >         >
>         >         > As Tim Bedsted said:
>         >         >
>         >         > >To me the really tragic thing about digital is the 
> digital P&S cameras. I have yet to see pictures comparable to what one can 
> obtain with old P&S film based cameras, and lets face it the vast majority of 
> human content/historic pictures are taken with such instruments.
>         >         > >
>         >         > >
>         >         > This is sad, because most folks take photos to preserve 
> the memories of
>         >         > their kids and holidays. Not only is low priced digital 
> not up to the
>         >         > quality standards of P&S film based cameras, the images 
> take more effort
>         >         > to store. You need to write a CD-Rom and then re-copy it 
> to fresh media
>         >         > or new formats every 3 to 4 years. If you do, there is no 
> reason that
>         >         > digital images should not survive for a very long time. 
> The sad truth,
>         >         > however, is that people put their slides and negatives 
> away and never
>         >         > touch them for a decade or more. Then, they dig them out 
> and have some
>         >         > prints made. With black and white, that's fine if they're 
> simply kept
>         >         > dry. With colour negs/slides it *may* be fine, depending 
> on the storage
>         >         > methods and original film choice. But for digital, it's 
> not so fine.
>         >         > Those photos are simply not going to be there for them. 
> :-( Very sad,
>         >         > indeed.
>         >         >
>         >         > Just some random thoughts from a randomly organized brain.
>         >         >
>         >         > Cheers!
>         >         >
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